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One of the sources told AFP the projectiles hit the section of the airbase occupied by Iraqi troops, who share the base with soldiers deployed by Washington as part of the US-led anti-jihadist coalition. One Iraqi soldier was wounded, the source added. It is the second attack on US interests in Iraq in less than a week. On Sunday, five rockets targeted another airbase north of the capital, wounding three Iraqi soldiers and two foreign contractors. There was no immediate claim of responsibilit...

08:44 EDT, 19 April 2021 An F-16 fighter jet from the US on the tarmac at Iraqs Balad air base Five rockets targeted an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers Sunday, wounding two foreign contractors and three Iraqi soldiers, in the latest attack coinciding with tensions between Baghdads allies Tehran and Washington. Two of the rockets fired at Balad airbase, north of Baghdad, crashed into a dormitory and a canteen of US company Sallyport, a security source told AFP. Two foreign contractors and th...

Five rockets targeted the Iraqi Balad airbase, north of Baghdad, on Sunday The attack injured five people, wounding two foreign contractors at the base Two of the rockets fired crashed into a dormitory and canteen used by US troops  It coincides with rising tensions between Baghdads Iran allies and Washington There have been around 20 bomb or rocket attacks against American interests, including bases hosting US soldiers, since US President Joe Biden took office 

Five wounded in rocket attack on Iraq base hosting Americans F-16 fighters are stationed at the Balad airbase, and several maintenance companies are present there AFP April 19, 2021 SAMARRA, IRAQ: Five rockets targeted an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers Sunday, wounding two foreign contractors and three Iraqi soldiers, in the latest attack coinciding with tensions between Baghdads allies Tehran and Washington. Two of the rockets fired at Balad airbase, north of Baghdad, crashed into a dormit...

ARBIL: An explosives-packed drone slammed into Iraq’s Arbil airport on Wednesday — the first reported use of ...

Turkish soldier killed by rocket fire in northern Iraq The Turkish army deployed a drone to survey the area [Getty/ Archive] Date of publication: 15 April, 2021 Share this page: A Turkish soldier was killed in a rocket attack on a military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, the Turkish defence ministry said. "One of our heroic brothers was killed in the attack" on the Turkish base at Bashiqa outside the city of Mosul, the ministry...

Rocket Fire Targets Kurdish Iraqs Arbil Airport Near US Army Base Rocket Fire Targets Kurdish Iraqs Arbil Airport Near US Army Base There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack that caused a loud explosion audible across the city, although pro-Iranian factions were accused of carrying out a similar attack in mid-February. Rocket fire targeted an airport where US soldiers are based in Arbil. Rocket fire targeted an airport where US soldiers are based in Arbil, the capital of...

Drone blast hits Iraq airport in new tactic against US troops Issued on: 15/04/2021 - 11:04 A previous attack on Iraqs Arbil airport in February killed an Iraqi civilian and a foreign contractior and caused signficant damage to its military side - KURDISTAN 24 CHANNEL/AFP 3 min Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) An explosives-packed drone slammed into Iraqs Arbil airport in the first reported use of such a weapon against a base used by US-led coalition troops in the...

Irans Natanz Nuclear Facility Attacked Again Yet another rocket attack targeted US soldiers based in Iraqs Irbil on Wednesday. The airport in Irbil, which also houses some US soldiers, was the target of the attack. Officials from Iraqi Kurdistan said there were no casualties. Irbil is the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. "It caused no casualties or damage," Arbil governor Omed Khoshnaw told the official Iraqi news agency, Reuters reported. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. Iran-backe...

Iraq’s Erbil airport targeted by explosives-laden drone Al Jazeera English © The complex hosts foreign troops deployed as part of a US-led coalition helping Iraq fight the ISIL ... The complex hosts foreign troops deployed as part of a US-led coalition helping Iraq fight the ISIL (ISIS) group. [File: Reuters] Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq has been hit by an explosives-laden drone, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said, an unprecedented escalation in th...